Beneath a Turkish Sky

Regular price €25.99
Regular price €26.50 Sale Sale price €25.99
1915
A01=Philip Lecane
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Philip Lecane
automatic-update
campaign
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HBW
Category=HBWN
Category=JWLF
Category=JWT
Category=JWTR
Category=NHW
Category=NHWR5
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Pre-order
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_non-fiction
Gallipoli
Language_English
PA=Temporarily unavailable
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch

Product details

  • ISBN 9781845888657
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Jun 2015
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days

Our Delivery Time Frames Explained
2-4 Working Days: Available in-stock

10-20 Working Days
: On Backorder

Will Deliver When Available
: On Pre-Order or Reprinting

We ship your order once all items have arrived at our warehouse and are processed. Need those 2-4 day shipping items sooner? Just place a separate order for them!

It was the First World War’s largest seaborne invasion and the Irish were at the forefront. Recruited in Ireland, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers were ordered to spearhead the invasion of Gallipoli in Turkey. Deadlocked in trench warfare on the Western Front, the British High Command hoped the assault would Germany’s ally out of the war. Using letters and photographs, this book tells the story of the ‘Dubs’ officers and men called from an idyllic posting in India to be billeted on the civilian population in England. They then set off on what was presented as a great adventure to win glory and capture Constantinople. The book also gives the story of the Turkish defenders and the locality being invaded. Accompanied by the Royal Munster Fusiliers, packed aboard the SS River Clyde, the ‘Dubs’ landed from ships boats on the fiercely defended beach at Sedd-el-Bahr. The song The Foggy Dew says, “It were better to die beneath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sedd-el-Bahr.” This book tells the story of the forgotten Irishmen who died beneath a Turkish sky in what was Ireland’s D-Day.